Vol. 5796 No. 2: 21 Apr. 2026 | Zootaxa

Vol. 5796 No. 2: 21 Apr. 2026

Published: 2026-04-21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2

Article

On the American spider species formerly placed in Trachelas, with the proposal of the new genus Neochelas and a revision for southern South America (Araneae: Trachelidae)

BROGAN L. PETT, CRISTIAN J. GRISMADO, RENNER L.C. BAPTISTA, MARÍA E. GONZÁLEZ MÁRQUEZ, MARTÍN J. RAMÍREZ

Published: 2026-04-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.1

Page range: 201-245

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Revision of Neotropical Cariocamyia Snyder (Diptera: Muscidae), including first description of male of Cariocamyia vibrissata (Stein)

YARDANY RAMOS-PASTRANA, ERIC CÓRDOBA-SUAREZ, LUCAS R. P. GOMES

Published: 2026-04-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.2

Page range: 246-260

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Three new species of Sarasaeschna Karube & Yeh, 2001 (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) from northeastern India; with a new record of Sarasaeschna khasiana (Lieftinck, 1968)

SHANTANU JOSHI, DATTAPRASAD SAWANT, UJWALA PAWAR, FAHIM KHAN, REJOICE GASSAH, VIJAY ANAND ISMAVEL, KRUSHNAMEGH KUNTE

Published: 2026-04-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.3

Page range: 261-288

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The genus Macrosiphoniella (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Macrosiphini) in Spain, with description of two new species

JUAN M. NIETO NAFRÍA, CÉSAR MARTÍNEZ-SÁEZ, M. PILAR MIER DURANTE, ANDREY V. STEKOLSHCHIKOV, RAQUEL A. MAZÉ GONZÁLEZ

Published: 2026-04-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.4

Page range: 289-312

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Morphological and genetic evidence support new species of Stenocercus (Iguania: Tropiduridae) from the Peruvian Andes

ERNESTO CASTILLO-URBINA, SHARY RIOS-ROQUE, DIEGO BARRERA-MOSCOSO, ALEJANDRO MENDOZA

Published: 2026-04-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.5

Page range: 313-331

Abstract views: 395

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Unusually well-preserved fossil material dates the extant brittle star genus Actinozonella (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) to at least the Late Cretaceous

SABINE STÖHR, JOHN W.M. JAGT, BEN THUY

Published: 2026-04-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.6

Page range: 332-342

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A new species of Stenoscelodes Konishi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, with a taxonomic review of the genus in Japan and Taiwan

SHÛGO INOUE

Published: 2026-04-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.7

Page range: 343-354

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A new deep-sea species of Stilipes Holmes, 1908 (Amphipoda, Amphilochidea, Stilipedidae) from western Mexico

M. ORTIZ, I. WINFIELD, M.E. HENDRICKX

Published: 2026-04-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.8

Page range: 355-364

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Correspondence

First record of the giant mango mealybug, Drosicha mangiferae (Stebbing) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Monophlebidae), in Kenya

GILLIAN W. WATSON, XINYI ZHENG

Published: 2026-04-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.9

Page range: 365-368

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Designation of a lectotype for Trimeresurus porphyraceus Blyth, 1861 (Reptilia: Viperidae) and its recognition as a junior synonym of Trimeresurus erythrurus (Cantor, 1839)

SUMIDH RAY, TAN VAN NGUYEN, GERNOT VOGEL, PATRICK DAVID, ANIRBAN DAS, PRATYUSH P. MOHAPATRA

Published: 2026-04-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.10

Page range: 369-380

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Taxonomic reassessment of Rana (Hylorana) sinica Ahl, 1927 “1925” (Anura: Ranidae), with its synonymy with Amolops mantzorum (David, 1872)

TAN VAN NGUYEN, JIN-LONG REN, TANG VAN DUONG, NIKOLAI L. ORLOV, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV, ANNEMARIE OHLER

Published: 2026-04-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.11

Page range: 381-392

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A report of Raorchestes mindat Köhler et al., 2025 (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Mizoram, India with comments on its phenotypic plasticity

BHASKAR SAIKIA, MOSTAQUE AHMED LASKAR, A. SHABNAM, UTTAM SAIKIA, ILONA JACINTA KHARKONGOR, BIKRAMJIT SINHA, K. P. DINESH

Published: 2026-04-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.12

Page range: 393-397

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On a record of the smalltooth sandtiger shark, Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810) from Nigeria, Eastern Central Atlantic

AKANBI BAMIKOLE WILLIAMS, DIANA ZAERA, CATHERINE E. U. ISEBOR

Published: 2026-04-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.13

Page range: 398-400

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